diff --git a/src/fmpi_mpi.c b/src/fmpi_mpi.c
index 3eb7f107da485fadf077b05445a6026e7f66f80a..b28b8bd0a66d70597fe20e51d43b477ca3aa024c 100644
--- a/src/fmpi_mpi.c
+++ b/src/fmpi_mpi.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int fmpi_mpi_world_barrier(const struct fmpi_mpi_ctx * const ctx)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 MPI_Datatype fmpi_mpi_type(const enum fmpi_type_base type)
 {
-    const static MPI_Datatype fmpi_mpi_type_list[] = {
+    static const MPI_Datatype fmpi_mpi_type_list[] = {
         [FMPI_TYPE_i8]   = MPI_INT8_T  ,
         [FMPI_TYPE_i16]  = MPI_INT16_T ,
         [FMPI_TYPE_i32]  = MPI_INT32_T ,